Blake Lively’s Future Children May Be Given Away on Her Web Site

It’s (Blake Lively vs.) Shark Week, everyone. Don’t be glum about the weekend coming to an end. Don’t be glum about last night’s N.B.A. finals outcome (if you were on the Golden State bandwagon, that is). Don’t be glum about that text you were really hoping he would have responded to by now. Blake Lively is here to battle a shark, and, in the process, to rescue us all.

Lively informed her followers this morning in a Classic Lively ’Gram (which is to say, closely cropped on an item of clothing on her body) that “#TheShallows press has officially begun…” Yes, she is in New York (the premiere of The Shallows takes place on Tuesday evening) for the press tour for the film. Her first stop: the Today show. Lively was “positively glowing” during the appearance, per E! News (though, honestly, is there ever a moment in her life when Lively isn’t “positively glowing”?!—stating it almost seems gauche).

The actress spoke about the Meaty-Eyelidded, Elusive James Reynolds on the morning show. “She’s always doing something fun and exciting,” Lively said of her daughter. “She’s the most fun, funny human being I’ve ever been around in my life.” (And Lively has shared the screen with Jon Hamm and appeared on the same episode of Saturday Night Live with Rihanna, so that is saying something.) Lively continued, “I’m one of five kids; my husband’s one of four. . . . We’re officially breeders. You can go on our Web site and we will give you some of our children.”

We will not lie—our immediate response to this quote was, “Wait, is this some sort of signal that our nightly—and morning-ly . . . and afternoon-ly—prayers are being answered, and Preserve is being revived?!? Will Blake Lively have a Web site once again?!?!?” No, in all likelihood, the setup for her “give you some of our children” joke was also a joke: there is no website, no more mason jars filled with sweet tea photographed for spreads meant to help sell a $179 poncho. But that is O.K.: we are getting a movie in which she battles a shark in the open water (an “isolation film,” she called it ON the Today show), and that is way more than gift enough.

Eva Mendes and Ryan Gosling

Gosling and Mendes managed to keep her first pregnancy hidden for seven months. There was no official announcement when their daughter Esmeralda Amada was born in September 2014, although TMZ did obtain a copy of her birth certificate. Mendes gave a low-key interview about motherhood that November.
The couple also managed to keep the impending arrival of their second daughter under wraps almost until she was born. Once again, the news broke when TMZ discovered Amada Lee Gosling’s birth certificate. Gosling confirmed that he is, indeed, the father of two daughters while doing press for The Nice Guys, but he wouldn’t speak about it at length. He also thanked Mendes and his daughters during his 2017 Golden Globes acceptance speech.

Photo: By Dave Allocca/StarPix/REX/Shutterstock.

Donald Glover

Glover confirmed that he’d welcomed a son during his 2017 Golden Globes acceptance speech for Best Actor—Television Series Musical or Comedy, although he has yet to confirm his son’s mother’s identity. “I really want to say thank you to my son, and the mother of my son for making me believe in people again, and things being possible,” Glover said.

Photo: By Joe Scarnici/Getty Images..

Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys

News about The Americans costars’ first child broke when sources told various media outlets they were expecting. Russell’s pregnancy was really confirmed by their co-star Noah Emmerich, who talked to Entertainment Tonight about the show having to shoot around her bump. She also mentioned this in The New York Times. The couple was so low-key about their impending baby, though, that no one really thought to check in to see if it had actually arrived. It wasn’t until Rhys and Russell were spotted in Brooklyn carrying their newborn—which is an excellent way for low-key, stealth baby parents to give paparazzi their fill while sending them the message that this is all they’re going to get (see also: Rose Byrne and Bobby Cannavale)—that the press thought to check in about that whole “Did she have the baby?” matter. Confirmed: She did.

Photo: By Taylor Hill/Getty Images.

Vincent Kartheiser and Alexis Bledel

If Kartheiser and Bledel, one of the most private celebrity couples out there, had their way, we would have never found out about their baby at all. It only came out when Bledel’s Gilmore Girls co-star Scott Patterson let it slip during an interview with Glamour that the actress is now a mother. The couple confirmed to People that they welcomed a son last fall, and that “no further details are being released.”

Photo: By Jeff Vespa/WireImage/Getty Images.

Sacha Baron Cohen and Isla Fisher

Spotlight-eschewing couple Baron Cohen and Fisher have three children, and by the time Fisher was pregnant with their third, the only way word got around was when she pulled out of her role in Now You See Me 2. It was only confirmed that their baby had entered the world when the no-longer-pregnant Fisher attended a party in April 2015.

Photo: By Samir Hussein/WireImage/Getty Images.

Simon Konecki and Adele

Adele was slightly more up front about her pregnancy than the rest of the celebrities on this list. She personally announced she was expecting in a post on her blog in June 2012, most likely to stave off the months of invasive paparazzi and intense speculation. “[P]lease respect our privacy at this precious time,” the singer wrote. She then remained out of the public eye for most of her pregnancy. It was up to a good ol’ anonymous source to tell the press that she’d given birth to a son.

Photo: By Richard Young/REX/Shutterstock.

Kerry Washington and Nnamdi Asomugha

Kerry Washington is amazing at keeping details of personal life a secret. One might even say that they’re . . . handled. She covertly married football player Nnamdi Asomugha in July 2013. Washington kept her first pregnancy concealed until she was about four months along, when a stint on S.N.L. made it hard to hide. She says we shouldn’t expect to see pictures of her daughter Isabelle, who was born in 2014, anytime soon.

As of May 2016, it’s rumored that Washington is expecting her second baby. In her typical stealth fashion, however, she’s just smiling and heading out on red carpets with strategically placed clutches.

Photo: By David X Prutting/BFA/REX/Shutterstock.

Eva Mendes and Ryan Gosling

Gosling and Mendes managed to keep her first pregnancy hidden for seven months. There was no official announcement when their daughter Esmeralda Amada was born in September 2014, although TMZ did obtain a copy of her birth certificate. Mendes gave a low-key interview about motherhood that November.
The couple also managed to keep the impending arrival of their second daughter under wraps almost until she was born. Once again, the news broke when TMZ discovered Amada Lee Gosling’s birth certificate. Gosling confirmed that he is, indeed, the father of two daughters while doing press for The Nice Guys, but he wouldn’t speak about it at length. He also thanked Mendes and his daughters during his 2017 Golden Globes acceptance speech.

By Dave Allocca/StarPix/REX/Shutterstock.

Donald Glover

Glover confirmed that he’d welcomed a son during his 2017 Golden Globes acceptance speech for Best Actor—Television Series Musical or Comedy, although he has yet to confirm his son’s mother’s identity. “I really want to say thank you to my son, and the mother of my son for making me believe in people again, and things being possible,” Glover said.

By Joe Scarnici/Getty Images..

Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys

News about The Americans costars’ first child broke when sources told various media outlets they were expecting. Russell’s pregnancy was really confirmed by their co-star Noah Emmerich, who talked to Entertainment Tonight about the show having to shoot around her bump. She also mentioned this in The New York Times. The couple was so low-key about their impending baby, though, that no one really thought to check in to see if it had actually arrived. It wasn’t until Rhys and Russell were spotted in Brooklyn carrying their newborn—which is an excellent way for low-key, stealth baby parents to give paparazzi their fill while sending them the message that this is all they’re going to get (see also: Rose Byrne and Bobby Cannavale)—that the press thought to check in about that whole “Did she have the baby?” matter. Confirmed: She did.

By Taylor Hill/Getty Images.

Vincent Kartheiser and Alexis Bledel

If Kartheiser and Bledel, one of the most private celebrity couples out there, had their way, we would have never found out about their baby at all. It only came out when Bledel’s Gilmore Girls co-star Scott Patterson let it slip during an interview with Glamour that the actress is now a mother. The couple confirmed to People that they welcomed a son last fall, and that “no further details are being released.”

By Jeff Vespa/WireImage/Getty Images.

Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds

It may seem like we know everything about Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively’s daughter James (both her gestation and her arrival), but we really don’t. They only confirmed she was in the works when Lively posted a photo of herself cradling her bump on her erstwhile lifestyle site Preserve. Even that was somewhat cryptic. The Preserve post was a “Celebration of Family,” and had pictures of several pregnant women—Lively being one of them. In the post, she heralded “all the expecting mothers out there.”

They tried to keep their daughter’s birth quiet. Page Six broke the news of her birth even though Lively’s rep “repeatedly declined to comment, claiming the actress and Reynolds could not be reached.” Reynolds finally revealed the precise date she was born on her first birthday. The couple also tried to guard their daughter’s name like it was a secret of the realm that had to be protected at all costs.

Sandra Bullock

In January 2010, just before the start of Bullock’s awards season run for her role in The Blind Side, which would eventually net her the Academy Award for Best Actress, she quietly adopted a son, Louis. In December 2015, Bullock revealed that she had adopted for a second time on the cover of People.

By Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic/Getty Images.

Leighton Meester and Adam Brody

When news broke that Adam “Seth Cohen from The O.C.” Brody was dating Leighton “Blair Waldorf from Gossip Girl Meester,” it was a match made in teen soap heaven. The couple has been fiercely private from the beginning, and when their relationship progressed to marriage, they tried to keep their nuptials out of the press. Then, Meester appeared with a visible baby bump in May 2015, sending the press rushing to confirm her pregnancy. As of today, Arlo Day Brody’s birth certificate is some of the only proof that she exists, along with some paparazzi photos of the family hiking together.

By D Dipasupil/FilmMagic/Getty Images.

Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Hilarie Burton

Did you know these two were a couple, or that they had a baby? Spoiler alert: They are, and they do.

By Jim Spellman/WireImage/Getty Images.

Sacha Baron Cohen and Isla Fisher

Spotlight-eschewing couple Baron Cohen and Fisher have three children, and by the time Fisher was pregnant with their third, the only way word got around was when she pulled out of her role in Now You See Me 2. It was only confirmed that their baby had entered the world when the no-longer-pregnant Fisher attended a party in April 2015.

By Samir Hussein/WireImage/Getty Images.

Simon Konecki and Adele

Adele was slightly more up front about her pregnancy than the rest of the celebrities on this list. She personally announced she was expecting in a post on her blog in June 2012, most likely to stave off the months of invasive paparazzi and intense speculation. “[P]lease respect our privacy at this precious time,” the singer wrote. She then remained out of the public eye for most of her pregnancy. It was up to a good ol’ anonymous source to tell the press that she’d given birth to a son.

By Richard Young/REX/Shutterstock.

Kerry Washington and Nnamdi Asomugha

Kerry Washington is amazing at keeping details of personal life a secret. One might even say that they’re . . . handled. She covertly married football player Nnamdi Asomugha in July 2013. Washington kept her first pregnancy concealed until she was about four months along, when a stint on S.N.L. made it hard to hide. She says we shouldn’t expect to see pictures of her daughter Isabelle, who was born in 2014, anytime soon.

As of May 2016, it’s rumored that Washington is expecting her second baby. In her typical stealth fashion, however, she’s just smiling and heading out on red carpets with strategically placed clutches.